Bean Soup With Noodles

• 1 c. dried white beans
• 1 qt. water
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 ham bone
• 1/4 c. diced carrots
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/4 c. diced celery
• 1/4 c. chopped onion
• 1 bay leaf
• water to cover
• 1/2 c. broken lasagna noodles

1. Soak beans in salted water overnight; drain.
2. In soup kettle, combine beans, ham bone, vegetables and bay leaf.
3. Add enough cold water to cover.
4. Bring to a boil, skim both from surface and reduce the heat.
5. Cover and simmer for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until beans are tender.
6. Add more water as needed to keep broth covering beans.
7. Discard ham bone and bay leaf.
8. Cut off any meat left on the ham.
9. Cool soup slightly.
10. Puree half the beans in a blender.
11. Pour them back into the soup kettle.
12. Add half the beans in a blender.
13. Pour them back into the soup kettle.
14. Add the meat. Bring soup to boil, then add broken noodles.
15. Cook for an additional 10 minutes or until noodles are tender.
16. Add salt and pepper.
17. Ladle into soup bowls and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Serves 4 to 6.

white beans, water, salt, ham bone, carrots, salt, celery, onion, bay leaf, water, broken lasagna noodles

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=793437 (may not work)